Tennis | Sunday 5 July 2009 by Richard Blayney
I didn’t really write enough about the actual game in my last blog, actually I barely made any reference to the game itself at all and in particular that fifth set. In fact, all I said was, “It was a tight five set thriller against Andy Roddick who pushed Federer to the wire and got the best out of him,” and went on to mention of course that Federer won. But when you consider the circumstances, it really was the game that nobody deserved to lose in and the tightest game of Tennis of all time. It was, as a matter of fact, the longest men’s singles final ever in terms of games played. After losing 9-7 to Nadal twelve months ago, Federer went into ‘extra innings’ against this year with the final set lasting 95 minutes and 30 games with Federer finally coming out on top 16-14. Considering the previous Grand Slam record was 11-9 in the fifth seat at the 1927 French Open, you see how much these two guys matched one another and pushed one another.
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Tennis | Sunday 5 July 2009 by Richard Blayney
So Roger Federer wins Wimbledon … again, and this time moves ahead of Pete Sampras with the most grand slam wins of all time with 15. It was a tight five set thriller against Andy Roddick who pushed Federer to the wire and got the best out of him, but for Roddick it was heart break yet again as he lost his third Wimbledon final. Federer adds this victory to his French Open title that he won last month and will go into the US Open in August as the most in form player in the world. Read More»
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Tennis | Friday 3 July 2009 by Richard Blayney
The British English Press have went from dreaming headlines along the lines of ‘Britain’s first Wimbledon Champion’, to actually writing tomorrows headlines along the lines of ‘Scotland’s lovable loser’.
Indeed, the dream is over for another year as Murray went down to Andy Roddick in four sets in their Wimbledon semi-final. It does however mark further progress from Murray who has gone one round closer to the final than the year before. Will he get a better chance to get back to the final again when Nadal comes back in twelve months? We’re just going to have to wait and see.
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